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With spring 2015 now well underway, we’ve been enjoying all the perks of the sweetest season, from rocking chic sun dresses to taking warm evening walks, hand in hand with that special someone.

Speaking of hands, though, there’s another thing we love, love, LOVE about spring: spring inspired manis! Whether you choose to play with traditional pastels or go bold with tangerine and strawberry shades, there’s a seasonal manicure out there to suit everyone’s unique style.

We’ve spent the last few days
hunting down some of our fave simple, spring nail art designs. These
fun manicures are the perfect way to enhance your look and add a pop
of colour to any outfit. Best of all, they don’t require a lot of
tools or experience, so they’re perfect for newbies.

If you’re inexperienced with
nail art, this vibrant rainbow polkadot manicure is a great choice.
It looks amazingly cute while being super easy to recreate.

Simply apply a base
coat, then paint each nail using a vibrant colour. If you’re a
real trend-setter, you might want to take inspiration from Pantone’s
Top Colours for spring, but anything eye-catching (we love China
Glaze’s Aztec Orange) will do the trick. Once your initial coat
of polish is dry, just add dots using OPI’s
Alpine Snow. Don’t worry if you don’t own a dotting tool –
a toothpick will work almost as well!

Long before the winter weather
transforms into beautiful warm days, it’s the blooming flowers that
promise us spring is on its way. In Japan, it’s the famous cherry
blossoms that signal the change of the seasons. These beautiful, pink
flowers are perfect for nail art newbies and veterans alike, as their
complexity is totally up to you.

The simple design above can be
created by applying a base coat to the nails, then adding an intense
pop of blue, such as China
Glaze’s Bahamian Escape. Once your blue colour is dry, use a
thin nail brush to draw a few dark brown branches on either side of
your nail. Less is more – don’t over crowd things.

Switch to a dotting tool or
toothpick to add the center of your flowers using a bright pink
colour. Finally, pick up OPI’s
Alpine Snow on your dotting tool. Place 3-4 white dots for petals
around the center of your blossom, then top
coat.

This design is refreshing,
cheerful and bound to get you in the mood for spring.

Sticking to the floral theme, why
not try your hand at some dandelion nail art? This design is ideal
for those of you who can’t stand pinks and other sweet pastels.
Instead of being in-your-face girly, it offers a cool, monochrome
approach to a manicure with just a hint of femininity.

To get the look, apply a base
coat, then paint your nails in a slate
grey-blue colour. Once this dries, pick an accent finger to place
your main design on. Generally, the ring finger is best.

Using a toothpick or nail art
brush, draw a line up from the center bottom of your nail to form a
stalk. Finish the line with a ‘u’ shape, then fill it in. Now,
using OPI’s
Alpine Snow, paint soft, little strokes coming out of the top of
your ‘u’ shape. Once you’ve formed the dandelion, create ‘t’
strokes to represent free-flowing seeds. Top coat using OPI’s
top coat and you’re done.

Cute Watermelon Nails

Let’s finish our list with some
deliciously juicy watermelon nails. These funky, fruit inspired nails
are perfect for spring and a lot less daunting to create than they
might appear!

To begin, apply a base coat to
your nails. Next, add a coat of lime green polish, like China
Glaze’s I’m With The Life Guard. When that’s completely
dry, paint your nails with a generous layer of China
Glaze Love’s A Beach, or an equally poppin’ pink. Don’t go
all the way to the edges – you want a sliver of green rind to poke
through.

Next, clean up the transition
between green and pink using a white stripping brush or toothpick.
Follow the line, transforming it into a smooth ‘u’ shape. Now,
switching to a black or dark brown polish and dotting tool, add
watermelon seeds around the baseline of your nails in a half moon
shape. Top
coat to finish.

Super juicy, right?

And there you have it, polish
lovers: 4 easy spring manicures to try out for yourself this season.
Stay tuned for a more comprehensive spring nail art tutorial on the
blog next week!